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Assam CM hands over Rs 10,000 each to Covid-hit Purohits, Namghoriyas
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Assam government on Tuesday formally handed over one-time financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to 6,124 Namghoriyas and 2,148 Purohits (priests) of the State as part of its financial support promise made during the Covid pandemic.
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MP: Priests, officials of Ujjain's Mahakal Temple take oath to follow traf
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In view of the increasing road accidents and for traffic safety, the priests at Mahakaleshwar temple offered prayer and then took the oath along with the officials.
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PIL moved in HC against salaries to Imams, Maulvis of masjid across Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The pujari of temples across Delhi are not paid any remuneration. The Non-payment of salary to pujari's/ priests of temples violates Article 14 of the Constitution of India, stated the plea.
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Priests involved in Vizhinjam violence: Police to Kerala HC
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Kerala Police have filed an affidavit in the High Court on Thursday stating that priests too have a role in the Vizhinjam violence, including the attack on the police station over the weekened.
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Vizhinjam police book Arch Bishop, priests for blocking trucks in protest
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The incident took place when a group of people, protesting against the construction of Vizhinjam port by the Adani Group, blocked the vehicles carrying construction materials to the port.
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Devotees take holy dips in Kshipra on Kartik Purnima
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Devotees started gathering at Ram Ghat in large numbers in the early morning and took holy dips in the holy Kshipra river. This was followed by pujas and rituals organized by priests and attended by devotees during the lunar eclipse period on Tuesday.
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After priests' worry over gold decoration, CM Dhami directs for enhanced s
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The walls and ceiling of the sanctum sanctorum of Kedarnath temple have been given a new look and decorated with 550 gold layers. The priests at the temple and local authorities, after the work was completed, raised concerns about its safety and wrote to the state government requesting to in
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Exploring the cultural aspect of Chhath Puja through a non-Bihari's perspe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In Bihar, the festival dedicated to Sun and Chhathi Maiya is celebrated with rigorous and strict manners of preparation. A striking difference that one might notice as a non-Bihari is that Chhath is probably the only major Hindu festival that doesn't involve priests or purohits.
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NCPCR chairman: Priests spreading superstition, misleading children for co
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday tweeted that there have been complaints about priests spreading superstition in the name of treatment of children and misleading them for conversion.
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Monks, priests, nuns protest in Sri Lanka over rising electricity prices
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 21 (ANI): A group of monks, priests and nuns has protested in Colombo against the increased electricity tariff amid the financial crisis that has gripped the island nation.
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Local priests protest against gold plates on sanctum walls of Badri-Kedar
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun ( Uttarakhand) [India], September 20 (ANI): Local priests on Monday protested against the Badri Kedar Temple Committee's (BKTC) decision to replace the silver plates covering the walls of the sanctum sanctorum of the Kedarnath temple with gold.
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SC issues notice to Tamil Nadu on govt control over temples, appointing no
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against a State law authorising the government control over temples and appointment of non-Brahmins as 'Archakas' (priests) in the temples ther
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